Students from University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ Reflect on Visit to Nashville Public Library

The University Course ‘Historic Black Nashville’ was offered for the second time during the spring 2018 semester. To chronicle some of the highlights of the course, several students authored blogs reflecting on site visits the class took during the semester. Over the next few weeks, these blogs will be published on the VU BreakThru webpage….

Posted by anderc8 on June 7, 2018 in Historic Black Nashville, News

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Data Science for Smart Cities: Gentrification Analysis Group

This spring, the University Course Data Sciences Methods for Smart City Applications was offered to Vanderbilt University undergraduate and graduate students for the first time. The course was designed to examine and address issues facing cities and metropolitan areas by bringing together concepts and methodologies from systems engineering, data sciences and machine learning, modeling and…

Posted by anderc8 on June 5, 2018 in Data Science Methods for Smart City Applications, News

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Safety Analytics using Motor Vehicle Accident Data

This spring, the University Course Data Sciences Methods for Smart City Applications was offered to Vanderbilt University undergraduate and graduate students for the first time. The course was designed to examine and address issues facing cities and metropolitan areas by bringing together concepts and methodologies from systems engineering, data sciences and machine learning, modeling and…

Posted by anderc8 on May 31, 2018 in Data Science Methods for Smart City Applications, News

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Leveraging Quality Improvement Efforts to Increase HPV Vaccination Rates in Tennessee

Written by Pamela C. Hull, Ph.D., and Kelsey Minix, MPH Student HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination is an important component to adolescent health because it protects against six cancers (cervical, oropharyngeal, anal, penile, vaginal and vulvar) and genital warts caused by the HPV infection. Despite the benefits of cancer prevention, HPV vaccination rates in the US…

Posted by anderc8 on May 29, 2018 in News, TIPs 2017

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Energy Management with Vanderbilt Buildings

This spring, the University Course Data Sciences Methods for Smart City Applications was offered to Vanderbilt University undergraduate and graduate students for the first time. The course was designed to examine and address issues facing cities and metropolitan areas by bringing together concepts and methodologies from systems engineering, data sciences and machine learning, modeling and…

Posted by anderc8 on May 25, 2018 in Data Science Methods for Smart City Applications, News

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Recapping the First Year of ‘Data Science Methods for Smart City Applications’

This spring, the University Course Data Sciences Methods for Smart City Applications was offered to Vanderbilt University undergraduate and graduate students for the first time. The course was designed to examine and address issues facing cities and metropolitan areas by bringing together concepts and methodologies from systems engineering, data sciences and machine learning, modeling and…

Posted by anderc8 on May 23, 2018 in Data Science Methods for Smart City Applications, News

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Vanderbilt Microbiome Initiative Launches New Website

Written by Seth Bordenstein, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology The Vanderbilt Microbiome Initiative, established in 2017 with the support of a Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) award, recently launched a new website. This initiative, which includes 135 members (both faculty and students) from five schools and colleges, aims to coordinate and accelerate…

Posted by anderc8 on May 14, 2018 in News, TIPs 2017

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A Culture of Litigation: Arguing Daily Life

Written by Mark Schoenfield, Professor of English In Samuel Foote’s 1770 The Lame Lover, a neophyte attorney explains that “a great lawyer’s business is always to make the choice of the wrong,” since “a good cause can speak for itself, whilst a bad one demands an able counsellor to give it a colour.” Aided by a Vanderbilt…

Posted by anderc8 on April 18, 2018 in News, Research Scholar Grants

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Race, Place and Power Students Visit Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage (Third Installment)

On February 3, the students enrolled in the Race, Place and Power University Course visited Andrew Jackson’s mansion and plantation, commonly known as the Hermitage. They were accompanied by archeologist Larry McKee and specialist librarian Deborah Lilton. Larry has conducted excavations at the site that have unearthed valuable information about the slaves who lived and worked…

Posted by anderc8 on April 9, 2018 in News, Race, Place and Power

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Race, Place and Power Students Visit Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage (Second Installment)

On February 3, the students enrolled in the Race, Place and Power University Course visited Andrew Jackson’s mansion and plantation, commonly known as the Hermitage. They were accompanied by archeologist Larry McKee and specialist librarian Deborah Lilton. Larry has conducted excavations at the site that have unearthed valuable information about the slaves who lived and worked…

Posted by anderc8 on April 4, 2018 in News, Race, Place and Power

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